diff --git a/src/doc/specification/RecordType.rst b/src/doc/specification/RecordType.rst
index 040b79b20be74eb65a791ef237e67114783531c6..bb885bc4338cc8aaa43ef252022722e1cdab207b 100644
--- a/src/doc/specification/RecordType.rst
+++ b/src/doc/specification/RecordType.rst
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ setting the `force-missing-obligatory` flag to `ERROR`, `WARN`, or
 without (at least) an obligatory property causes an error, is executed
 with a warning, or is executed without a warning, respectively. The
 importance value ``FIX`` is used for properties that are specific to
-the Entity itself and is explained :ref:`below <Inheritance>`.
+the Entity itself and is explained below.
        
 .. note::
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/entity/StatementStatus.java b/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/entity/StatementStatus.java
index b3d7a613d26eba432308272b3bd932d2fdb54b26..b9c9fafccfe3efff6ed69acbc68e5f69609c989e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/entity/StatementStatus.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/entity/StatementStatus.java
@@ -23,13 +23,24 @@
 package org.caosdb.server.entity;
 
 /**
- * The statement status has two purposes.
+ * The statement status has two purposes:
  *
- * <p>1. Storing the importance of an entity (any of OBLIGATORY, RECOMMENDED, SUGGESTED, or FIX). 2.
- * Marking an entity as a REPLACEMENT which is needed for flat representation of deeply nested
- * properties. This constant is only used for internal processes and has no meaning in the API. That
- * is also the reason why this enum is not called "Importance". Apart from that, in most cases its
- * meaning is identical to the importance of an entity.
+ * <p> 1. Storing the importance of an entity (any of ``OBLIGATORY``,
+ * ``RECOMMENDED``, ``SUGGESTED``, or ``FIX``). ``OBLIGATORY``,
+ * ``RECOMMENDED``, and ``SUGGESTED`` specify whether this Entity
+ * must, should or may be present, and whether the server will throw
+ * an error, a warning or nothing, respectively, if it is missing. The
+ * importance is also used to specify the level of inheritance whereby
+ * ``FIX`` means that the entity is never inherited. See <a
+ * href="../../../../../specification/RecordType.html">the
+ * documentation of RecordTypes</a> for more information.
+ *
+ * <p> 2. Marking an entity as a ``REPLACEMENT`` which is needed for
+ * flat representation of deeply nested properties. This constant is
+ * only used for internal processes and has no meaning in the
+ * API. That is also the reason why this enum is not called
+ * "Importance". Apart from that, in most cases its meaning is
+ * identical to the importance of an entity.
  *
  * @author Timm Fitschen (t.fitschen@indiscale.com)
  */